Meta reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(18,143 total reviews)
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Mark Zuckerberg

41% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Meta has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 18,143 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meta employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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18K reviews
4.0
Aug 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- brilliant people all around, a pleasure to work with the best minds in the industry - recognition for the work you do does exist, even if it only means a pat on the back - work/life balance does exist, as long as you get the work done - your work is impacting product that 1.7 billion people use - amazing perks

Cons

- recruiters will low ball you on the initial offer as if their life depends on it. Even though they may have 1000 RSUs to grant they will deliberately start with a 700 hoping the unsuspecting candidate gulps it up in hopes of working for the "best company to work for". - There is unprecedented growth, which means high volume of hiring, which means C grade people are creeping in, including peers and upper management coming in from companies like Microsoft bringing their big company (read: - With great minds come bloated egos. Egoists and self proclaimed war heroes abound. God forbid you happen to cross paths with these people, but if you do, then be prepared for a political poop storm of epic proportions. - Managers are good only for 1:1s and calibrations, they dont actually drive ideas and projects, engineers do. Its easy to settle into a bubble and lose interest in the work unless you take the initiative to explore other options on a regular basis.

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Meta Response
9y
Thanks for sharing your experience. As we continue to grow, bringing in and engaging top talent is critical. We will continue to be focused on moving fast and removing red tape wherever possible. Keep the feedback coming, so we can keep ourselves honest.
5.0
Jul 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with, lots of learning opportunities. Interesting projects.

Cons

unbalance load of work. faulty ways of measuring the productivity of engineers.

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Meta Response
9y
Thanks for spending your internship with Facebook. We're glad to hear you worked on interesting work with learning opportunities. We'll share your feedback with our internal teams to further enhance the experience for future interns.
5.0
Feb 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Facebook's mission is meaningful, it's perks are awesome, pay is good, and the team is phenomenal. In general, almost everything about working at Facebook is as good as you think it is.

Cons

My concerns are mostly minor. However, because Facebook hires strong talent at EVERY position, in some cases where strong talent is hired in positions that aren't core to the success of the business (read: if you're not an engineer, product manager, or maayyyybeeee a key sales person), it can be frustrating as your job is just not that important to the company's success. Hungry, ambitious people in these sorts of situations (as Facebook tends to recruit) can get disengaged and frustrated by these facts.

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Meta Response
10y
Thank you for your feedback. We believe our work is only 1% done, and agree it's important to keep all of our teams engaged in meaningful work as the company grows. We encourage your continued feedback when you see room for improvement.
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